He's not there...so why are you?

 It would have been more appropriate if the scene had been closed off with police tape. If 'DO NOT CROSS' and 'POLICE INVESTIGATION' surrounded the scene. They had killed him hadn't they? It could only be described as cold-blooded murder. A guilty, sinful life exchanged for one that was innocent and pure. Not only that, but the body is now missing! Stolen?! Not possible! A huge stone blocked the tomb. However, this is not a crime scene. It is a scene that represents new life. It a scene that tells us in the midst of death, God can bring about life and newness.

This weekend many of us celebrated this scene. The fact that Christ died for our sins and rose to life that we may have abundant life. This shows us how Christ has made a way for us to enter into the Holy of Holies (Hebrews 10:20)- but I love that there is more to this!

He made a new way for us. We need to follow Him to where He is. A lot of us know that we have been redeemed and know that God has called us, but do we allow our minds to be renewed to live out this new life? One of my favourite scriptures at the moment is 1 Peter 1:18 - we have been redeemed from a useless way of living. I have been redeemed from so much, but why do I still walk in it? Most of the time I identify myself with this 'useless way of living'.

Out of the old and into the new. We still look for Him in the tomb. We still look for ourselves in the tomb. We identify Him with death. We identify ourselves with death. BUT He is no longer in the tomb. He is no longer dead. He is not in the tomb- He is now seated at the right hand of God!! Ephesians 2 lays it out nicely. We were living a life that was dead, habitually walking in our sins, but we were raised to life WITH Christ. We are now seated with Him in heavenly places.  We have been raised to life again!! Because of this we now need to walk as He walks. There has been no murder. Whatever has happened in our lives does not need police tape. And even if a stone has been rolled to bury it, God is able to raise anything dead back to life again. 

You've been given abundant life, how will you live it out?